Poll finds support for minimum wage increase, paid leave

A majority of Americans, according to a new poll, support a trio of workplace proposals, including raising the minimum wage, requiring employers provide paid sick leave and having employers give paid time off work for new parents.

"[W]e’re the only advanced country in the world that doesn’t guarantee workers either paid sick leave or paid maternity leave," Obama wrote.

A majority of Americans, 56 percent, said they support a plan like Obama's to offer two years of free community college tuition for those who maintain a certain grade point average and move along toward a degree. Only a third of Republicans favor such a plan.

The poll of 1,045 Americans was conducted Jan. 29 through Feb. 2 online with a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.